So now that I've re-acquired my old Ljungman that I sold some 25 years ago, I gave it a good cleaning, acquired some M41 pointed Surplus Swedish Ammo and walked outside to see how she does after all this time. Way back then, I was fresh out of the Marine Corps and had better than 20/20 vision. Today, however, there's not much about me that is "fresh" anymore. My eyes are somewhere around 20/20, maybe a little less, but I do need reading glasses. So the sights were quite blurry and required a good deal of concentration to line up with the 12" shoot-n-see target I was using. Rear sight is calibrated for the m39 round nose bullets and set to 100 "meters." Shooting from my deck railing out to about 100 yards, I fired SEVEN rounds with a 6 o'clock hold. The first two were fouling shots, to burn out any cleaning oil residue. They landed about 3" to the right of POA and dead on vertically. The last five shots were measured for group size. They hit the same 3" to right of POA and about 3" to 4" high. I walked across the field to collect the target and really wasn't expecting what I found. Those last five shots measured 1-3/4" !!! WOW!!! I really wasn't expecting that.
Cases were slung, as expected, as far as 36 feet away. Some landed on the ground only nine feet away, and even on the steps below my shooting position, but I think that was due to the brass hitting the roof overhang above me and deflecting back down. Otherwise they would have flown on out into the yard with the others. The cases were dented as expected, but should resize just fine. So now I know this old rifle still shoots really good, depite my blurry eyes. Now it's time to find the right screw and make the gas system adjustable. Then I will retest with the M41's, using my Shooting Chrony and start working up some reloads.
My shooting position. Kinda rickety but it works.
Berm across field measures 98 yards.
The two in blue were the first two fouler shots. Five shots in the black measure 1-3/4" center to center.

Since these rifles were set to hit 4" high at 100 meters, I'd say it seems everything was hitting just about dead on. I need to adjust front sight to bring the group back to center but that should be easy. Looks like the front sight is already somewhat to the right side though. It's going to look funny when I run it even more to the right. I sure wished the rear sight was windage adjustable.
You can see the front sight sitting way to the right side already.

I currently have the original +0.5 front sight on the rifle now. If I wanted to bring the POI down to dead on at 100 yards, which sight should I install? I have +-0, +1 and +2 on order from SS. Is there ANY way the POI can be brought back over the needed 3" to the left so it's dead center WITHOUT running the front sight all the way to the right side of the front sight post? I can't think of any.

WOW That is great shooting. When you learn to shoot correctly as you did in the Marines, it is just like riding a bike.
Welcome back to the sport and thanks for your service

Thank you for the kind words. I was very pleased with how it shot, despite my aged eyes. My Carl Gustof C96 short rifle can do even better with my best reloads...at least it could back when my eyes were better. I still have that Swedish Mauser.
Just to clarify, I haven't been out of the shooting sports for 25 years. I sold my Ljungman over 25 years ago and just recently was able to re-acquire it from my friend who has had it in storage. Ever since I got out of the Corps and started college I've been busy reloading and shooting all kinds of different calibers, both rifles and pistols. I'm a member at our local range and also belong to a local black powder rifle club. I suppose as long as I can see what I'm aiming at and my trigger finger still works, I will continue shooting for as long as I am able.

Can someone give me an idea of what color the stain is on my rifle stock as shown in the original pictures at the top of this post? I had polyurathaned it many years ago and wanted to restore to an original finish. But I like the color and want to try and restain the same. I will coat with Linseed oil afterwords. I know the color variations on these rifles can vary dramatically so I should be safe being close to one of the original production colors. I know the years have darkened the color a bit, so it might end up being a bit lighter at first. I want to say I used Golden Oak or maybe Special Walnut. I'd like to lean to a lighter, more reddish walnut color if I can so I will come out as close to how I had it as possible, minus the poly of course.

The most common stain used in the high latitudes by the swedes and Finns is a 50/50 mix of BLO and Pine Tar. Pine Tar can be had on the cheap at any Equine supply store. They sell it by the quart rather than the ounce on Ebay and Gunbroker.
You mix the two together. The Pine Tar can be heated in water or the microwave to allow easier mixing. Pine Tar has a distinctive pungent odor. Make sure the wife will allow it in the house.
You rub it into the wood and allow it to set for about 30 minutes. Then wipe off the excess. The finish will dry in a few days and you will smell it when holding the rifle.
The finish will match the original color and is water/weather proof. It is far better than Tom's finish.

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Another update on my Ljungman testing. After getting the gas regulator screw installed correctly and switching out the front site for a +1, I dialed in my gas screw for some M41 (‘87) ammo. I still had the round nose M96 ammo rear sight installed so my group with 100m site set was about 4” low at 100 yards. My Labradar clocked the rounds at an average of 2509 FPS. First group was a string of 9 shots at 2-3/4” with a five shot group at 1-1/4”. I still need to drift front site a bit.

I then shot one more five shot group with round nose rear site set to 200m. Group size was 1-3/4” and the 200m setting brought my POI up in line with POA using my +1 front site. Still haven’t drifted front site yet.

My next outing will be using the spitzer Bullet rear site and front site adjusted to bring POI to center. I’ll retest with M41’s and then try my M41 duplicate reloads. Once everything is tuned and to my liking I will start refinishing the stock.